When Orlando Cela founded the Lowell Chamber Orchestra in September 2019, he experienced the same heartbreak and disappointment as others in the musical industry. He had to cancel the group's fourth concert, transition to video performances and remain in a state of stasis for two years.
But Cela found a way to create some good out of the bad.
COVID restrictions forced the 20-plus-person orchestra to socially distance, rehearse and play between sheets of Plexiglass and only perform in groups of 10 people or fewer. It was, however, those small-scale orchestras that inspired Cela to create "Miniature Symphonies," a CD arrangement featuring the works of 20th-century French composer Darius Milhaud, as well as several new pieces by modern-day composers whom Cela commissioned for the project.
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